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单词 midnight
释义
midnight
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmɪd.naɪt/us
/ˈmɪd.naɪt/
A2
twelve o'clock in themiddleof thenight:
子夜，午夜
There's agreatfilmon TVatmidnight.午夜时段电视上会播一部好片子。
It was after midnight when we gothome.我们到家时已过午夜。
More examples
  • By midnight I wasvirtuallycomatose.
  • Shewaiteduntil well after midnight.
  • By midnight, there werecustomersstandingsixdeepat thebar.
  • We didn'tarriveatourhoteluntil after midnight.
  • I told youquiteexplicitlyto behomeby midnight.
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(Definition ofmidnightfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

midnight| American Dictionary

midnight
noun[U]
us
/ˈmɪdˌnɑɪt/
12 o’clock in themiddleof thenight
(Definition ofmidnightfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmidnight

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Midnightand three early morning saliva samples were collected to measure free cortisol levels.
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Day-defined as the measurement interval and while it is not likely to bemidnighttomidnight, it will be approximately 24 hr on each occasion.
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The spadix temperature again decreased and bymidnighthad become similar to the ambient temperature, following the ambient temperature variations.
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In the larger urban context, movement appears to be consistent with the everyday pattern (except for the 30 minutes either side ofmidnight).
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One additional question is related to the duration of the executive writing session that frequently extends well pastmidnightof the second day.
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We also performed experiments in which the adaptation of the eye was controlled artificially so that it was the same at both midday andmidnight.
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Movement levels then drop momentarily only to climb again to higher levels in the minutes immediately beforemidnight.
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The substantial data on the honey response suggest that sugar-feeding is equally likely to occur before or aftermidnight.
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It looks an enchanting scene and one can highly appreciate the song, themidnightsun, when one sees themidnightsun shining here.
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Moreover, these rather protean and complex changes in the vertical profile continued until shortly aftermidnightby which time insect numbers had declined.
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From 6 pm tomidnight, two more free concerts are performed simultaneously.
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The b-wave implicit times recorded atmidnightwere, nonetheless, greater than those recorded at midday.
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There was also a small increase in volume density atmidnight(fig. 9).
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Fertilization was assumed to occur at 12:00midnight.
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